Armenian Prime Minister`s message on 111th anniversary of Armenian  Genocide is full of lies, manipulation, and betrayal - lawyer 

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's message on the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire is full of lies, manipulation, and, of  course, betrayal. Lawyer Ruben Melikyan wrote about this on his  Facebook page.

It should be noted that the Armenian prime minister, in his address  to the nation, stated that the Armenian Genocide is a consequence of  "the practice of involving the Armenian people in international  intrigues, and therefore it should not become an instrument of  international actors' struggle against each other." Furthermore,  Pashinyan stated that the Armenian people must "stop looking for a  homeland outside the internationally recognized 29,743 square  kilometers of the state, otherwise the country could lose its  statehood."

According to Melikyan, Pashinyan is essentially calling on the  Armenian people to abandon their own justice in favor of someone  else's. "In this way, he is trying to 'brainwash' with relativism.  That is, to convince them that truth and falsehood are supposedly  relative, and therefore, neither exists. And if there is neither  truth nor falsehood, then there is no absolute value. If there is no  absolute value, then it is pointless to give one's life and be a  martyr for absolute values-for the Motherland and for the Faith," the  lawyer explained.

Secondly, as Melikyan noted, Pashinyan, following Turkish propaganda,  is essentially blaming the Armenians themselves for the Genocide.  "Finally, he remains silent about the de-Armenianization of Artsakh  and the open cultural genocide, which are a continuation of the  events of 1915. And this raises the question: why don't others  abandon their 'justice' if it's right?" the lawyer concluded.

It's worth noting that in early 2025, the Armenian Prime Minister, at  a meeting with representatives of the Armenian community in  Switzerland, questioned the fact of the Armenian Genocide in the  Ottoman Empire. Independent experts are inclined to believe that he  is either unaware that the term "genocide" was only coined by  genocide scholar Raphael Lemkin in 1944, or that he is deliberately  trying to create a narrative that "this issue was artificially raised  by the Soviet Union to put pressure on Turkey."

On April 24, 1915, in Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman  Empire, the extermination of Armenian subjects began. It began with  the arrests of representatives of the Armenian intelligentsia-writers  and poets, architects and parliamentarians-and then escalated into  the complete extermination of Armenians.  As a result of these  actions by the Turkish authorities, more than 1.5 million Armenians  were deported, starved, and tortured to death.

The Armenian Genocide has been recognized by the Council of Europe  (1998, 2001), the European Parliament (1987, 2000, 2002, 2005), the  UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of  Minorities[7], the World Council of Churches, the Parliamentary  Coalition of South American Countries (Mercosur), and the Parliament  of Latin America (2015).

The Armenian Genocide has been recognized and condemned by many  countries and influential international organizations. The first to  officially recognize and condemn the mass killings of Armenians was  the Parliament of Uruguay (1965). The extermination of Armenians has  been officially recognized as genocide (under international law) and  condemned by: Austria (joint statement of the chairmen of  parliamentary factions, 2015), Argentina (2 laws, 5 resolutions;  2004, 2007), Armenia (1964 as part of the USSR, 1988, 1990), Belgium  (1998, 2015), Bulgaria (2007, 2015), Bolivia (2014), Brazil (2015),  Vatican City (2015), Venezuela (2005), Germany (2016), Greece (1996),  Italy (2000, 2019), Canada (1996, 2002, 2004), Cyprus (1975, 1982),  Latvia (2021), Lebanon (1997), Libya (2019); On April 18, 2019, the  Interim Government of Libya adopted a resolution recognizing the  Armenian Genocide. Lithuania (2005), Luxembourg (2015), Netherlands  (2004, 2018), Paraguay (2015), Poland (2005), Portugal (2019), Russia  (1995), Syria (2020), Slovakia (2004), USA (2019, 2021); On April 24,  2021, US President Joe Biden officially recognized the Armenian  Genocide. Uruguay (1965), France (1998, 2000, 2001, 2006), Czech  Republic (2015, 2017, 2020), Chile (2007), Switzerland (2003), Sweden  (2010). Turkey continues its policy of denial of this crime against  humanity.